Remember Me

Chapter One: Awakening

Darkness…that was the first thing to register in her mind. Then, when she slowly opened her eyes, the pounding behind her eyes increased and she wished she could return to the darkness. But she was awake now and as her eyes opened she realized she was in a hospital room. The stark white walls slowly came into focus as she heard a voice.

"Dana, you're awake. How do you feel?"

She looked to where the voice was coming from and saw a beautiful, young, olive skinned lady. She was probably 20 years old or so but there was a maturity beyond her years in her eyes and Dana felt a twinge of…something. But she did not remember this person.

"Who are you?" Even to her own ears, her voice sounded deep and husky. She noticed a shadow briefly pass over the lady's face before she forced a smile and answered.

"I’m Crystal. I'm…well, I'm your girlfriend, sweetie. Dana, you don't remember me?"

"No, I don't. I'm sorry. What happened to me?"

Crystal frowned. She didn't know how to answer that. It was obvious that whatever had happened to Dana had affected her memory, but, Crystal didn't know what had happened. No one did, no one but Dana of course.

"What do you remember?" Crystal asked instead, anxious to know the extent of her girlfriend's memory loss.

Dana tried to remember but panicked when she came up with nothing but a dark room and a closed door. She tried to remember but suddenly she got very scared and stopped trying.

"Nothing. There's nothing, except…a dark room and a closed door." Dana knew the panic and fear had seeped into her voice and she didn't care.

"Ok…calm down sweetie. It's ok, the doctor told me this might happen."

"Who am I? Please tell me?"

"Your name is Jordana Diamond but I call you Dana. You're 27 years old, you work as a videographer for a small video company. You, um, you have one sister, your mother and your grandmother. Your sister has two kids, a boy and a girl. Um…" Crystal tried to remember more things about Dana's family. Dana had rarely talked about them and, except for her sister and the kids, Crystal had never met them.

"What about you? How long have I…known you?"

"We've known each other for four years but we've only been dating for 3 years. We, um, we live together too."

"We do?"

"Yes, for two years now. My name is Crystal Lowell. I am also 27, an only child, divorced parents. I am working on my Ph.D. in Psychology and I know this is probably too much for you right now. I don't wanna tire you out, ok baby? Rest now, please sweetie?"

Dana lay there thinking about everything Crystal had just said and it was a lot to take in and she realized Crystal was right. It was a bit too much right now, rest sounded good.